❓ PLP Inquires❓

[GiggLeGasm]

So far everyone has been wrong. There can be only one great theme song in TV history and this is it.

The lyrics are spot on to the theme of the show and at a certain point they even sing the notes!

That's definitely a good one - but this one might be a rival. It's a Two-for!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX5Z40N_bHo

 

[Booboobear84]

Arguably the best tv theme / opening of all time https://youtu.be/AvBVGsd4Lzc

 

[Booboobear84]

This has to get honorable mention ;-) https://youtu.be/Loe15pnVGTs

 

[Mr_bogey]

PLP - what do I win for getting it correct?

 

[AveryElle]

Lol, I thought you were just elevating the question. And I could not possibly love Schitts Creek anymore

Nahh I just can’t focus enough anymore to actually read AND comprehend.

 

[PrettyLilPussy19]

10.26.20

I read an excellent quote...

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

Have you ever had a time where you've had to work to repair your reputation? How did it work out? Is your reputation valuable to you?

 

[Paul_Chance]

10.26.20

I read an excellent quote...

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

Have you ever had a time where you've had to work to repair your reputation? How did it work out? Is your reputation valuable to you?

I had to think about this one for a while. My reputation has been valuable to me in many ways, both personally and professionally, through the course of my life. It's good where it needs to be good and bad where it needs to be bad. There have been times where I had to work hard, in both spheres, to live up to my reputation, but I can't recall any times where I had to repair it.

LOL - in general terms I have no idea of its a good reputation or a bad reputation (I think most likely it's a good-bad reputation, both parts of which are valuable).

 

[LurkingPhoenix]

10.26.20

I read an excellent quote...

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

Have you ever had a time where you've had to work to repair your reputation? How did it work out? Is your reputation valuable to you?

My professional reputation is very important to me. I've earned it. And when it took some damage a while back (also earned, I have to say), I worked hard to rebuild that. And did.

My personal reputation? I'm not one to dwell much on that. In my offline life, I'm too boring to have much of a negative reputation, generally.

Online (including here?), I have zero control over what I'm thought of, since only a select few know me well enough for me to give a goddamn what they think of me. I'm blissfully unaware of any reputation I might have here.

 

[Justadesperatewifeandmom]

10.26.20

I read an excellent quote...

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

Have you ever had a time where you've had to work to repair your reputation? How did it work out? Is your reputation valuable to you?

I value reputation, both my own and others, less than many, but I am not alone in that. Many believe others think about them more than actually happens. The reality is, for most of us, people don't know who we are, don't care, and what they hear goes in one ear and out the other soon enough. Reputations are just as likely to be fiction as fact. Many people with great reputations are just skilled in the art of deception or have enough control that anyone who thinks differently is too intimidated to share their opinion. Many people with a "bad" reputation just don't fit the stereotypical mold of their environment or have an angry ex or something. Reputations are often not remotely aligned with the true character, values, or intent. I am capable of and prefer to form my own opinion based on my thoughts and observations, and I prefer the company of those who chose to form their own opinions

As for personal negative reputation experiences, sure, there are some, probably more than I know. Of course, being female, when we have a "bad" reputation, it is usually "slut" or "bitch". The lack of creativity is disappointingly trite. One reputation in my home town up north includes key points such as being a royal bitch and working as a "stripper" in a nearby city. I'm most impressed with my mastery of teleportation considering all the years I was working as a bitchy stripper in that city, I was living a thousand miles away (not employed in adult entertainment, verdict is still out on bitchy though). Professionally is more vanilla (other than my imaginary career). Whenever I was working commissioned positions, my coworkers would go with the bitch reputation. Oh once a client I often consulted for was in a bar and started talking to a random drunk guy next to him. Drunk guy happened to be a friend of mine (not one I was slutting it up with) and somehow the conversation turned to my friend rambling about what I slut I am. The client told me the next day. He also still called when he needed an IT Consultant because what he heard didn't matter, nor does my imaginary life. In commissioned positions, management fought to get me on their team, because my teammates opinions didn't matter, results did. Most people care more about their own experiences than others' opinions. There are many naive people who end up in catastrophic situations by betting on good reputations instead of being mindful. If there have been negative consequences to any "bad" reputation I may have, it is being avoided by some dillhole probably looking for a silent Stepford wife to bake him cookies, and screw him missionary style once a year, for his birthday. Ok, maybe the chick who didn't invite me to her cat sweater knitting club, too. I see no need to try to repair that. Not dealing with a dillhole and not getting stuck knitting cat sweaters is a win in my book. I think the quote would only be truly accurate in a fishbowl like a small rural town with nothing to do, where everyone is born, lives, and dies only there, and they just regurgitate what they are told. The world as a whole is a bigger, busier place. Celebrities can pull extreme bullshit, with the world watching, and be back in the game in a snap. Maybe everyone didn't completely forget, but as a whole, current results matter more. Reputation is just the last spoken opinion of someone else. The world has a lot of opinions. Many should not be given much consideration.

 

[AveryElle]

10.26.20

I read an excellent quote...

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

Have you ever had a time where you've had to work to repair your reputation? How did it work out? Is your reputation valuable to you?

My response is here

 

[PrettyLilPussy19]

11.02.20

How good are you at trusting your instincts? Are they usually right?

 

[Wild_Honey_66]

I'd say they're pretty good. As long as my hormones aren't involved.

 

[Dirt_in_the_Ground]

11.02.20

How good are you at trusting your instincts? Are they usually right?

I've always kinda felt like my instincts were likely to get me dead or someone else pregnant, so no, I tend not to trust them.

 

[Orchidea73]

11.02.20

How good are you at trusting your instincts? Are they usually right?

They are 99.99% right all the time. I always trust them, though it doesn't necessarily mean I always follow them.

 

[LurkingPhoenix]

11.02.20

How good are you at trusting your instincts? Are they usually right?

Anyone who ever advised "Trust your first instinct" never met me.

There is a reason I tend to be deliberate and non-impulsive: my instincts blow 99% of the time.

 

[Wild_Honey_66]

Anyone who ever advised "Trust your first instinct" never met me.

There is a reason I tend to be deliberate and non-impulsive: my instincts blow 99% of the time.

Being deliberate and non-impulsive a good thing, whether you trust your instincts or not.

 

[Acktion]

11.02.20

How good are you at trusting your instincts? Are they usually right?

I still tend to trust my instincts despite a checkered past that demonstrated I was incredibly wrong about some people. What can I say? I refuse to allow some ass that I allowed to mean more than they should change me. I'm worth more than that.

10.26.20

I read an excellent quote...

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."

Have you ever had a time where you've had to work to repair your reputation? How did it work out? Is your reputation valuable to you?

Yes, I have. And, frankly, it worked out great as far as I'm concerned. Those willing to believe the lies told about me still believe them. I just learned to quit caring about other people's perceptions so long as I stand right with myself.

Or, put another way,...

“Your reputation is what others think of you; your character is what you truly are. Reputations can be manipulated; character can only be developed and maintained.” ― Bohdi Sanders, Men of the Code: Living as a Superior Man

My character is more important than their slander. And those that believe the lies never really knew me anyway.

 

[hotwords229_A]

11.02.20

How good are you at trusting your instincts? Are they usually right?

I had a feeling you were going to ask this.

 

[thejabber27]

11.02.20

How good are you at trusting your instincts? Are they usually right?

It's setting dependant, with science I do all the time (contradictory I know). With cooking it's the same. Body language gives me on what am I doing wrong can't figure out the other half.

 

[PrettyLilPussy19]

I had a feeling you were going to ask this.

I thought you might.

 

[Xerxes82]

11.02.20

How good are you at trusting your instincts? Are they usually right?

Middling. But mine are pretty terrible. When I talk about not understanding people I'm not kidding. When it comes to predicting people, or reading their motivations, I'm clueless a fair bit of the time.

I've basically just learned to be jaded and cynical, because it keeps me safe from trusting people at their word, which I do too easily too often.

 

[Paul_Chance]

11.02.20

How good are you at trusting your instincts? Are they usually right?

I've got rock solid instincts. They're usually right and I usually trust them.

There have been a few times when I have deliberately ignoring my instincts, usually as the result of doing some sort of win/loss calculation, e.g. "she's crazy hot, but she's crazy crazy too." <complex mental calculations made by my cock> "Let's do it!"

 

[Justadesperatewifeandmom]

11.02.20

How good are you at trusting your instincts? Are they usually right?

True instincts are innate, strictly biological, and inherited, such as why a rooster hatched and raised in the complete absence of fowl will still crow, how a spider builds the patterns of their web, how fish swim, how mammals know to suck. They boil down to survival instinct, fight or flight, and reproductive drive. I made it this far, but I was 35 with my first and only child, so I would say following instincts is a little iffy. What many people refer to as instincts is actually learned behavior, from exposure, imprinting, observation, experimentation etc. People will often use "instinct" to describe the ability to read situations and predict outcomes, or to read people and determine intent. Some very simple basic premises in these are instinctual, but most of this is learned. When someone says they had a gut feeling about this person, or that trip, that plan, etc, right or wrong, it is rarely instinct. Usually, there is an observation that relates back to learned concepts. With these type of "instincts" and "gut feelings", I am usually correct, but that is because I don't like to blindly trust them. If something feels not right or like it won't work, or perfect, or if a person seems shady, or overly familiar with an instant connection, I do my damnedest to rapidly identify the specifics of why I feel this, then check the logic behind those points. It is rather rare for me to be unable to identify the why. This practice is also why my perception is strong, usually correct, and will hold up to the light of investigation, because I have always tested it, checked it, which also identified flaws, which enabled correction, thus much better "instinct". Every once in a while I have to make a decision to follow or ignore with unanswered questions, and I will usually go with my gut, but I really don't like it, and usually will find an answer, an explanation, eventually.

 

[Robinhood11]

I’m very big on trusting my instincts, first impression, and that gut feeling. I’m not perfect but more often then not they have kept me from trouble or anything bad. Well unless instincts said something bad would lead to something good!

 

[INTPinMD]

Originally Posted by PrettyLilPussy19 View Post
11.02.20

How good are you at trusting your instincts? Are they usually right?
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Hi hope I can hop on your thread and add my two cents. I think trusting one's instincts depends on the situation. I tend to absorb everything around me, glean a first impression, and respond to the situation based on that initial first instinct. However once I've been able to separate myself from the situation, I overthink the shit out of it and normally come up with a completely different response that I feel would have been more appropriate.

For example, I trusted my instincts, responded to this thread, but there is a good chance in a week or so, I'll respond to this exact same question and turn my answer on its head.